Author Archives: Greg Fry
Driver dead, passenger injured in highway crash near Savona, B.C.
SAVONA, B.C. - Police in British Columbia's southern Interior say a single-vehicle crash on the Trans-Canada Highway east of Savona has killed one person. RCMP say they were called Sunday to respond t...
Aug 12, 2024
Thunderstorms, lightning in forecast with more than 400 wildfires burning in B.C.
Little rain and a lot of lightning is fuelling wildfire activity in British Columbia. The BC Wildfire service says lightning has been the spark behind more than 80 per cent of nearly 260 new blazes ov...
Aug 12, 2024
In the news today: Jasper to learn date for return to town today
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Jasper to learn date for return to town today Details about when and how evacuated residents of Jasper will be...
Aug 12, 2024
Home invasion on Lalonde Road leads to arrests
PRINCE GEORGE - A home invasion early Friday (Aug.9). has lead to four people being arrested.Prince George RCMP say police were called to a home on Lalonde Road at 12:30 a.m. after shots were fired.Po...
Aug 09, 2024
B.C. wildfires holding steady at about 350 with lightning in the forecast
The Okanagan Indian Band in British Columbia's southern Interior says an out-of-control wildfire that has prompted evacuation orders and alerts has seen recent "slow" growth, but fire behaviour could ...
Aug 08, 2024
Residential school doc 'Sugarcane' about 'survival against all odds,' says director
Julian Brave NoiseCat initially didn't want "Sugarcane" to be such a personal film. The Indigenous filmmaker says he intended to remain behind the camera for the Sundance prize-winning documentary, wh...
Aug 08, 2024
In the news today: New poll says Canadians split on soccer spy drone penalty
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Canadians split on FIFA's Olympics penalty for soccer drone spying, new poll says A new poll suggests Canadian...
Aug 08, 2024
Feds fund health study for Indigenous communities downstream of oilsands
OTTAWA - More than three decades after Indigenous leaders in northern Alberta began asking for funding to better understand if pollution from the oilsands was making their people sick, the federal gov...
Aug 07, 2024
Fraser River's landslide waters to reach Hope, B.C., and Lower Mainland today.
VANCOUVER - High waters that flowed over top of a massive landslide in British Columbia's Chilcotin River are churning in the Fraser River towards British Columbia's Lower Mainland today. Emergency Ma...
Aug 07, 2024
Local comedians raise funds for Jasper relief
PRINCE GEORGE - A group of local comedians is hosting a comedy night at the Knox Performance to raise money for those impacted by the Jasper wildfire. A dozen performers will be on stage Thursday nigh...
Aug 06, 2024